Air transportation

Air Transportation Safety Issue Investigation Report A17O0038

TSB recommendations to address the risk of runway incursions

Risk of collisions on runways between the parallel runways on the south complex of Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport (A17O0038)

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has identified the risk of collisions on runways as a serious risk in the Canadian aviation sector; this issue has persisted on the TSB’s Watchlist since 2010.

Air transportation safety investigation Report A17O0038

Runway incursions between the parallel runways on the south complex of Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has identified the risk of collisions on runways as a serious risk in the Canadian aviation sector; this issue has persisted on the TSB’s Watchlist since 2010.

New and previous safety communications for TSB investigation (A16P0186) into fatal October 2016 loss of control and collision with terrain near Kelowna, British Columbia

Occurrence

On 13 October 2016, a Cessna Citation 500 that was privately operated by Norjet Inc. departed Kelowna Airport, British Columbia, on a night instrument flight rules flight to Calgary/Springbank Airport, Alberta. The pilot and three passengers were on board.

Investigation findings (A16P0186) into the October 2016 fatal accident of a Cessna Citation 500 near Kelowna, British Columbia

Findings as to causes and contributing factors

1. The aircraft departed controlled flight, for reasons that could not be determined, and collided with terrain.

Findings as to risk

1. If flight data, voice, and video recordings are not available to an investigation, the identification and communication of safet

Unstable approach and aircraft upset

2016 collision with terrain of Mitsubishi MU-2B in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

The occurrence

On 29 March 2016, a privately operated Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 aircraft (registration N246W, serial number 1552S.A.) departed Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport, Quebec, on an instrument flight rules flight to Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport, Quebec. The pilot, a passenger-pilot, and five passengers were on board.

Investigation findings (A16A0032) into the March 2016 fatal accident of a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

Investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex – an accident is never caused by a single factor. The March 2016 accident in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, was no exception. There were many factors that caused this accident, the details of which are contained in the six findings as to causes and contributing factors. Furthermore, there were seven findings as to risk and five other findings.

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Occurrence

On 26 February 2012, VIA Rail passenger train 92, en route from Niagara Falls to Toronto, Ontario proceeding eastward entered a crossover near Burlington, Ontario, and derailed the locomotive and 5 coaches. The locomotive struck a building after it derailed and the locomotive cab was destroyed. Many passengers were injured, and the 3 crew members in the cab of the locomotive were fatally injured.